...First Moose Sighting...UPDATE post #18...

[ParadiseRoad]

...we've heard they were up here...this cow and calf are the first we have seen...caught them on the way home...a mile or so as the crow flies from our house...wouldn't you know that would be the first car to come up behind us...went by us...and the moose...with full light show going...that was the end of moose watching...

 

[arjay]

They have really spread out!
Didn't know there were any in the county either

 

[Club Gun Fan]

We just got back from Greenville Maine. Saw three moose. This is a picture of the moose we had around our house back in 2017. My, at the time, one year old German Shepherd ran with this guy twice. I stood and video taped him in the yard. I was only 10 feet away from him for 30 minutes.
They are a treat to watch.

 

[6518John]

The moose is on the loose!

Was he left of center? Speeding?

 

[ParadiseRoad]

They have really spread out!
Didn't know there were any in the county either

...a neighbor said they saw some earlier this year...

...the ones we saw today were in a spot with willows and a spring...

 

[bushmaster1313]

...a neighbor said they saw some earlier this year...

...the ones we saw today were in a spot with willows and a spring...

I was going to ask if there was water nearby
And now that you mention it
I think I once heard they like willow

 

[Rustyt1953]

Ver iz skwirell?

 

[Nevada Ed]

Ver iz skwirell?

Ittiz en the Tree.............

 

[ParadiseRoad]

Ver iz skwirell?

...probably not far away...

 

[carpriver]

I was going to ask if you saw the squirrel hanging out in the trees?

 

[ParadiseRoad]

I was going to ask if you saw the squirrel hanging out in the trees?

...lots of squirrels...

...none with a flying helmet and goggles though...

 

[steelslaver]

Here there are a couple creeks running together and going through town. A couple blocks away frrom my house they put a couple small dams in and made some ponds known tongue in cheek as the 'frog ponds;. Kids like to fish in them. Mountains near all around town. Anyhow this spring a young bull moose wandered through town ad thought the frog ponds would make a great place to hang out. Fish and Game ran him off. How is one moose worse than what must be a hundred or so deer, both whitetail and muleys, that live in or near town? Got me. The other day a big mule deer buck was standing right beside the courthouse steps dining on shrubbery. Why not a moose?

 

[Bkreutz]

Reminds me of when I lived in Alaska, none of the long time residents ever talked about hunting moose, it was always shooting moose.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

I love watching them. The appear to be so gangly and uncoordinated, but I've seen them be ever so graceful, too. Fantastic critters, just don't make mamma mad.

Thanks for the terrific images.

 

[OLDSTER]

We frequently have visitors of the Moose variety around here. Some people, when seeing a cow for the first time, think it's a black horse with big ears

 

[mdf9183]

When I was stationed at Loring AFB Me. they would have to chase them off the runway so the B52s could take off.

 

[ParadiseRoad]

...we did some moose watching up around Jackson Hole Wyoming on vacation once...

...it's exciting having them around home...

...saw them again today...but they were in fairly dense forest and we couldn't get a good picture...

 

[ParadiseRoad]

...spotted them again today...August 4...had a better camera with us...

...mom climbing up to the road...baby behind her...

...mom and baby on the road...

...mom...

...baby...

 

[6518John]

Some people, when seeing a cow for the first time, think it's a black horse with big ears

This reminds me of the old western joke of the cowboy arguing with the woman in her new hunting clothes, brand new rile, etc. on her first hunt. The cow poke says “Fine lady, it’s a deer. Just let me get my saddle off it first.”

 

[vonn]

Wonder what the dad looks like.